Dada Masilo: Swan Lake
Date and Time
Tuesday Jan 26, 2016
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM EST
Location
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall 151 President's Drive UMass Campus Amherst, MA 01002
Fees/Admission
$40, $35, $20; Five College, GCC and 17 & under $15, $12, $10
Website
Contact Information
Tickets by calling 413-545-2511 or 800-999-UMAS, or at fineartscenter.com
Description
Dada Masilo has become one of the most celebrated choreographers in South Africa, renowned for her reworking of classical ballets. In this creation of Swan Lake, her company of male and female African dancers revisit this great classic with a modern scope, keeping Tchaikovsky?s music, themes, tutus and pointes intact but weaving high-energy, down-to-earth South African pantsula and gumboot into the mix. Re-imagining this ballet through a South African lens, Masilo tackles the issues of sex, gender and homophobia in a country confronting the impact of AIDS on its people. Partial nudity. Recommended for ages 14 and up. Audience members are invited for a pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall lobby, and to stay for a post-performance talk with the company immediately following the performance.
